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(#) Using `android.media.ExifInterface`

!!! WARNING: Using `android.media.ExifInterface`
   This is a warning.

Id
:   `ExifInterface`
Summary
:   Using `android.media.ExifInterface`
Severity
:   Warning
Category
:   Correctness
Platform
:   Android
Vendor
:   Android Open Source Project
Feedback
:   https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708
Since
:   3.0.0 (October 2017)
Affects
:   Kotlin and Java files
Editing
:   This check runs on the fly in the IDE editor
Implementation
:   [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-checks/src/main/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/ExifInterfaceDetector.java)
Tests
:   [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/ExifInterfaceDetectorTest.java)

The `android.media.ExifInterface` implementation has some known security
bugs in older versions of Android. There is a new implementation
available of this library in the support library, which is preferable.

(##) Example

Here is an example of lint warnings produced by this check:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~text
src/test/pkg/ExifUsage.java:3:Warning: Avoid using
android.media.ExifInterface; use
androidx.exifinterface.media.ExifInterface instead [ExifInterface]
import android.media.ExifInterface;
       ---------------------------
src/test/pkg/ExifUsage.java:13:Warning: Avoid using
android.media.ExifInterface; use
androidx.exifinterface.media.ExifInterface instead [ExifInterface]
    android.media.ExifInterface exif2 =
    ---------------------------
src/test/pkg/ExifUsage.java:14:Warning: Avoid using
android.media.ExifInterface; use
androidx.exifinterface.media.ExifInterface instead [ExifInterface]
    new android.media.ExifInterface(path);
        ---------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here is the source file referenced above:

`src/test/pkg/ExifUsage.java`:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~java linenumbers
package test.pkg;

import android.media.ExifInterface;

@SuppressWarnings("unused")
public class ExifUsage {
    // platform usage
    private void setExifLatLong(String path, String lat, String lon) throws Exception {
        ExifInterface exif = new ExifInterface(path);
        exif.setAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LATITUDE, lat);
        exif.setAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LONGITUDE, lon);
        exif.saveAttributes();
        android.media.ExifInterface exif2 =
            new android.media.ExifInterface(path);
    }
}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You can also visit the
[source code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/ExifInterfaceDetectorTest.java)
for the unit tests for this check to see additional scenarios.

The above example was automatically extracted from the first unit test
found for this lint check, `ExifInterfaceDetector.testAndroidX`.
To report a problem with this extracted sample, visit
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708.

(##) Suppressing

You can suppress false positives using one of the following mechanisms:

* Using a suppression annotation like this on the enclosing
  element:

  ```kt
  // Kotlin
  @Suppress("ExifInterface")
  fun method() {
     problematicStatement()
  }
  ```

  or

  ```java
  // Java
  @SuppressWarnings("ExifInterface")
  void method() {
     problematicStatement();
  }
  ```

* Using a suppression comment like this on the line above:

  ```kt
  //noinspection ExifInterface
  problematicStatement()
  ```

* Using a special `lint.xml` file in the source tree which turns off
  the check in that folder and any sub folder. A simple file might look
  like this:
  ```xml
  &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
  &lt;lint&gt;
      &lt;issue id="ExifInterface" severity="ignore" /&gt;
  &lt;/lint&gt;
  ```
  Instead of `ignore` you can also change the severity here, for
  example from `error` to `warning`. You can find additional
  documentation on how to filter issues by path, regular expression and
  so on
  [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/lintxml.md.html).

* In Gradle projects, using the DSL syntax to configure lint. For
  example, you can use something like
  ```gradle
  lintOptions {
      disable 'ExifInterface'
  }
  ```
  In Android projects this should be nested inside an `android { }`
  block.

* For manual invocations of `lint`, using the `--ignore` flag:
  ```
  $ lint --ignore ExifInterface ...`
  ```

* Last, but not least, using baselines, as discussed
  [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/baselines.md.html).

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